Friday, February 10, 2012

Urban District Dropout Rates 2010-11

On February 10, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reported the annual dropout rates for the Massachusetts as well as the individual districts and schools for the 2010-11 school year. Below are the dropout and graduation rates for the urban districts in the state.

Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

Massachusetts

2.7%

83.4%

Boston

6.4%

64.4%

Brockton

6.0%

69.4%

Fall River

4.7%

71.0%

Holyoke

9.8%

49.5%

Lawrence

8.6%

52.3%

Lowell

8.1%

69.6%

Lynn

4.6%

68.6%

New Bedford

7.1%

56.4%

Springfield

11.7%

52.1%

Worcester

3.7%

72.0%

Statewide the dropout rate decreased from 2.9 to 2.7% while the graduation rate increased from 82.1% to 83.4%. Lynn's dropout rate in 2010-11 was 4.6% which is a decrease of 0.8% from 2009-10; the graduation rate increased by 0.1% from the previous year. Lynn's total high school enrollment in 2010-11 was 4,003 so a 4.6% dropout rate means that 184 students dropped out. In terms of the individual high schools, both Lynn English and Lynn Classical had a 3.9% dropout rate while Lynn Tech had a 4.6% dropout rate (down from 7.1%). Among the urban districts, Lynn ranked second in the dropout category behind Worcester and fifth in the graduation rate category.